Home at last

    Apr 9, 2007 | Dog Training, Europe, Switzerland, The puppy years (1-2), Travel

    We’re back from our short vacation in Switzerland. All in all, Ayla did great and we were really happy that she was so relaxed during the trip. She slept during a major portion of the ride home and has slept a lot the few hours we have been home which we...

    Lots of driving and walking

    Apr 7, 2007 | Europe, Switzerland, Travel

    We’re not really sure at the moment that Ayla is having all that much fun on this vacation so far. Yesterday we drove from Frankfurt to Locarno, Switzerland, which meant about 7 hours in the truck traveling. She’s always great during car rides but we could...

    Not the best day for climbing

    Apr 7, 2007 | Europe, Rock Climbing, Switzerland, Travel

    This morning we were the first ones at Arcegno, a pretty nice area with a couple of routes in our range. Since we haven’t climbing in about a year due to getting the dog, buying the farm and other things that took up our time, we basically have to stick to the...

    Out of the tunnel

    Apr 6, 2007 | Europe, Rock Climbing, Switzerland, Travel

    We didn’t actually see any accidents or anything but we did slow down quite a bit while in the tunnel. So now we’ll all take a quick break, call the apartment owners to let them know we’re cutting close and take a potty break…and then get on...

    Finally going in

    Apr 6, 2007 | Europe, Rock Climbing, Switzerland, Travel

    We’re waiting at the lights to go into the Gotthard tunnel…finally! It should be smooth sailing from here. We’ll make another switch on drivers after this since all the stop and go has killed S’s legs…so we’ll make a quick pit stop...